Some of us were discussing this impending auction a while ago on another thread.
The only known painting in PRIVATE (non-museum) hands by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was expected to sell for well over $100 million but I hadn't heard of any expectations that it would break the auction record.
There is a ton of money from Chinese and Russian billionaires in the art markets now, so it's possible that the purchaser lies in one of those directions (the seller was a Russian "oligarch").
1 posted on
11/15/2017 7:17:07 PM PST by
Enchante
To: Enchante
2 posted on
11/15/2017 7:18:32 PM PST by
Enchante
(Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
To: Enchante
Almost a half a billion?
I see that as stupid....
5 posted on
11/15/2017 7:22:19 PM PST by
Popman
(My sin was great, Your love was greater What could separate us now…)
To: Enchante
some people simply have too much money....
8 posted on
11/15/2017 7:24:27 PM PST by
LeoWindhorse
(America First !)
To: Enchante
Not over-bought. It’s what great art plus history sells for these days. It’s good to know that someone values it so highly.
14 posted on
11/15/2017 7:30:52 PM PST by
clintonh8r
(I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
To: Enchante
There is a ton of money from Chinese and Russian billionaires in the art markets now, so it's possible that the purchaser lies in one of those directions (the seller was a Russian "oligarch"). Chinese wealthy in particular are desperate to turn their yuan into anything other than yuan, even if it means taking a massive loss. That's why they're snatching up residential properties all across America and not even bothering to live in them. The Russians too, to a lesser extent.
19 posted on
11/15/2017 7:33:30 PM PST by
Drew68
To: Enchante
What cracks me up is the Russian who paid $127M for it and then sued for being overcharged.
Didn’t he sell it for $100M?
23 posted on
11/15/2017 7:36:23 PM PST by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Enchante
If "Eight Elvises" was worth 100 million in 2008, a genuine Da Vinci is worth 450.
38 posted on
11/15/2017 8:08:45 PM PST by
Reverend Wright
(The CBC: Deceiving Canadians since 1936.)
To: Enchante
People are than free to spend their money as they wish, butbI could never justify that expense there is some very nice artwork for a thousandth the price.
45 posted on
11/15/2017 8:19:40 PM PST by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Enchante
What if it turns out to be a fake like these other two so-called "masterpieces" of his?
46 posted on
11/15/2017 8:27:06 PM PST by
ETL
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